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"It might even be to our advantage to let this fire advance a little bit to where we can find our opportunities to get at and take strategies that are both safe and effective," said commander Tom Kurth of the Alaska Interagency Management Team Incident.

Communities like the Cachagua neighborhood are still on edge.

Many brought questions to Thursday night's community meeting.

"It has slowed down considerably. It has covered a vast amount of acreage out there. There are ways to speed it up, but we wouldn't want to do that because that might make it harder to contain when it comes to the edges of the populated areas," said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Dennis King.

Areas like Tassajara, where a heated debate is brewing. Joe Rawitzer is the operations chief for Tassajara Fire.

He said for the past 34 days, his crews have been working to defend the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, but he's frustrated because he said the U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire will not offer the help they have in years past.

"They tell us we're important, they tell us we're a priority but we've received nothing. It's the oldest Zen Buddhist Monastery in the Western Hemisphere. It has a legacy. It's worth protecting and worth saving," he said.

The U.S. Forest Service said right now, that area is not in immediate danger and crews are needed elsewhere.

"There's fire activity on that leading edge that is moving very slowly in that direction. It's not like people are going to be abandoned. It's on our radar and we'll make sure they are reassured of some sort of help," Kurth said.

As the fire continues to shift South into federal land, there's also a shift in command. The U.S. Forest Service is now taking over the lead agency from Cal Fire.

Both agencies are still optimistic that the fire will be fully contained by the end of September.